I'm so embarrassed I had to google Kandinsky countrymel - it was ringing little bells but... AFAIcan tell Kandinsky was raised in the Ukraine where they use the W instead of V. I prefer the V. It's not a bad association though!His middle name is no help, Wassilyevich! That's one russian tradition I'm not adopting.

DH thought the main association would be with Zaytsev, soviet sniper (the movie Enemy at the Gates), but I think that's just in his online gaming world.

Thanks Bel, I forgot to list the other variant of Vassily. Is it crazy to lean towards Vasiliy or Vassily because they have 7 letters like my DS1's name?

Thanks for all the replies! Seems I ending is popular, not sure how I feel about that

I know a ton of Russians between family and the neighborhood I grew up in, and aside from those who hit English speaking shores and instantly became Vincent or Victor to everyone they met, I've known it spelt the first two ways.

I am thinking Basil would give Aussies less trouble but I'm not always a strong believer in giving people less trouble. That said Basil goes well with your other names.

come on la di dah - the more obscure the better! Thanks for your thoughts on the spellings, can I ask why you don't like the double s?

DH doesn't like Basil, he struggles with names that are things. We looked at both Vincent and Victor with DS2, my IL's just can't get past the Fast Forward victor and DH hates the aussie accented victor (victa - the lawnmower). Vincent would get shortened to vince which I don't'like.

Because I think, and I mean this with all love to them because my husband who I adore has the thickest Westie accent in the world - that many many Aussies will make Vassily into VASS-ih-lee or VAIZ-uh-lee and not vah-SEE-lee. With that real hard piercing nasality.

Oh, obscure, all right, well now the genie is out of the bottle. Eleazar is really good, btw. I took Malachi out despite my love for it because you have a Micah.

Vasiliy JabezVasiliy JosiahVasiliy AmosVasiliy Zachariah/ZachariasVasiliy JethroVasiliy Judah Vasily SamsonVasily Nehemya/Nechemya/Nehemiah (I like Nehemya pronunciation the best but I think the most common is Nehemiah)

Not as good on New Testament but I've got:Vasiliy ThaddeusVasiliy SilasVasiliy Bartholomew - I like this but best kept as a MN at all times, I feel, away from the Bart nickname.

So, WDYT? I've loved it for a while, DH has come on board. (I'm not pregnant or planning, but just in case )

Keeping in mind that we are fairly gutsy and do love our E.European names here (check my sig) and have the cultural heritage to pull it off... Russian variant of Basil btw.

How would you spell it? Behind the name lists Vasily, Vasiliy, Vasili.

Any biblical middle name suggestions?

I know someone who calls her son "Vas" and I've never been able to work out what his full name might be. I guess that could be it. It makes me think of 'vas deferens' - the part of the male anatomy! Maybe that's just me though...

Can't say I like it either. Agree it looks and sounds feminine especially with the y ending (I'd go for i ending if you have to have it), and everyone is likely to mispronounce it VASSily whether you spell it with one or two 'S's, in my opinion.

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